Evening Star Newspaper, July 5, 1922, Page 23

ROCKY’S MANAGER TOSSES. SPORTS. Resacis VRS IN SPONGE IN 8TH ROUND - By the Associated Press. MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, July § .—Check of the attendance at the lightweight championship contest, in which Benny Leonard, title holder, defeated Rocky Kansas of Buffalo, N. Y., yesterday, re- vealed today that the crowd was just above 10,000, with receipts of $59,830. While no official announcement wa$ made, it"was learned Leonard got $25000 for scoring-his eight-round technical knockBut over the Buffalo challenger, and Kansas received $15,000. Leonard, with Billy Gleason, his to prepare for his championship enga manager, left today for New York gement with Lew Tendler, the Phil- adelphia lightweight, to be decided at Jerdey City, N. J,, July 27. Kansas, badly upset by his defeat, will return home tonight. He planned to have an x-ray picture made today of his broken arm. The arm was encased in splints after two phy- i mined the injury, said to suffered in the third round ansas blocked a fast right- hand chop by Leonard. Leonard, in action yesterday, looked like a finely trained athlete. He dil not ms false move and was master of Kansas from the start. He boxed with amazing skill and his footwork was perfect. He hit sharp- 1y and with astonishing accuracy. conard Praises Rival. ! the gamest lightweight” ard of Kansas. “If it is arm was broken, his game- remarkable.” because his tossed a the eighth ghth round, in which terribly battered. ‘ rotested because the contest ldn't stand .o see a game fel- ow like Ka get punishment when did not use of both arms,” ZErs S t was the merciful thing to do.” Kans o eding and groggy from icked hooks to the jaw. hefore Leonard. His ging and he was not It was of Leonard hitting ash to send him to the vonge felN into the ing without a kockdown having been T nons plans to weizht champion- n Harry Greb of | and Tommy Gibbons of 1 on August 5 when the In- n of Elks will BY FATRPLAY. NEW YORK, July 5—While await- : of the Leonard- wn interesting story ds of the city. This that Leonard and had a Stffrun in ng room after the was said to have been m's disapproval of a cer- of avtion on has been f late. Some who may to be in the know de- v and Gibson would tiie Tendler fight. ta following ine be suppe clared that be ugh 7 there s a report that after the bout against Lefty Lou Benny would be through with the fighting game. As to that we shall for as, the fight against Rocky that result was a foregone n. Rocky not in Benny's has been - is a fine, game, is Rocky. but| champion, and there D, . PADDLERS AEAD: BUT OARSHEN TRAL Distri canoeists and oarsmen, re- turned om Philadelphia, where they | participated in the annual People's on the Schuylkill yesterday, resume training for other scheduled competitiony for several days. The paddlers of the Washing- ton Canoe Club apparently need few for they demonstrated in the race ahead at Philly that they are far ther canoeists along the The local crew Knight, Percy 1o victory in races. In avent Phila- elphia Canoe Club was second and Dragdn Canoe Club third. of Potomac Boat Club fortunate In their en- ements. They gained their best = in the junfor four-oared gig here they finished third. Ves- Maltas of Philadelphia were first and second, respectively. I the senior elght-oared shell race the Po- tomacs followed the West Philadel- phias, Unions of New York and Ves- rs across the final line. G. E. of Potomac rowed fifth in ior single shells. ul V. Costello of the Vespers pro- vided the feature of the regatta, when he clipped 19 4-5 seconds off the world single sculling record for a mile and a quarter straightaway course. The previous record, 7 minutes 24 seconds, was established over the same course # month ago by Walter Hoover of Duluth in winning the Philadelphia chzllenge cup, in which event Cos- telio finished 'second, threo lengths behind. Costelio won yesterday's race with a length-and-a-half lead over W. E. G. Gilmore of the Bache- lorsf Barge Club of Philadelphia. WJNS MOTOR CYCLE TITLE. WICHITA, Kan, Julv 5.—Ralph Hepburn of Los Angeles won the #00-mile national motor cycle race here yesterday from a field of fifteen contestants. Cor- the | FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE. Jacksonville, 2-3; Orlando, 0-0. Daytona, 7; St. Petersburg, 6. Lakeland at Tampa, rain. AUTO GLASS on EEBEL e o8 Jops l'l'amto & alumnn 30x3Y; in. A tire you can depend on for most satisfactory mileage. CHAS. E. 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MEMPHIS, TENN, July 5—Pal Moore of Memphis and Sammy Man- dell, Rockford, IIl., fought eight roynds here last night, with sport writers dif- fering on & decision. The bout was without decision, due to Mandell weigh- ing in at 121 pounds and Moore at 117%. TREMAINE IS WINNER. CANTON, Ohio, -July 5.—Carl Tre- maine, Cleveland, bantamweight, ~de- feated Jabez White, Albany, N. Y., in twelve fast rounds here yesterday. PECK STOPS BARTLETT. COLUMBLUS, Ga., July ¥—Kid Peck, Columbus, state featherweight cham- pion, knocked out Kid Bartlett of Charleston, S. C., in the first round here yesterday. JONES WHIPS BARTFIELD. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, July 5.—Jimmy Jones, Youngstown welterwelght, won a newspaper decision over Soldier Bartfield, Brooklyn, in_a twelve- round bout here tonight. Jones floored Bartfield four times. DECISION TO STRIBLING. MACON, Ga., July 5.—Yaung Strib- ling, Macon welterweight, was given the referee's decision over Jake Abel of Atlanta, welterweight champion of the A. E. F., after a fast ten-round bout here yesterday. —_—— BIG RACE TO KNOBBIE. NEW YORK, July 5.—Knobble, rid- den by L. Falor, in the Rancocas stable’s colors, with 120 pounds up, took the twenty-fourth annual run- ning of the Carter sweepstakes at Aqueduct yesterday, running the seven furlongs in 1.24 2-5. Careful, 120 pounds up, ridden by C. H. Miller, was second, and Bon Homme, 109 pounds up, with Schuttinger up as pilot, saved third over Exodus and three others. OHIO PACER SCORES. CLEVELAND, July 5. — Charley Sweet, driven by O. H. Erskine of Dayton, Ohio, won the Edwards $3,000 stake for 208 pacers, the feature dvent of the inaugural grand circuit harness horse racing season yester-j day, in straight heats. His best time was 2.05%5. LA PALIN |BRITISH CHAMPION OUT OF U. S. GOLF TOURNEY NEW YORK, July 5.—Misx Joyce Wethered, Britisk amateur golf champion, will met pete for the Amorican plonship this y Lelteh, sister of from whom Miss Wethered w the British title, is the only Eng- lish womam who has announced her intention to sbek the Amer- fean title. g - . Mins Edith Miss Cecil Leiteh, \ 1., GOLFERS PRAISED BY RIVAL BRITISHERS NEW YORK, July 5—Pralse for the victory of Walter Hagen in the Brit- ish open champlonship, and also for the showing of the two other Amer- fcans, Jock Hutchison and Jim Barnes, was expressed today by George Duncan and Abe Mitchell, with Willle Hunter, former British amateur champlon, Who now makes his residence in the United States, arrived from England on the liner Majestic. “We have no excuses to offer.” Duncan sald. “Hagen played a bril- lant game under bad weather condi- tions and won the champlonship on the merits of his play. He was ar- rayed against wnat was probably the greatest fleld ever gathered to com- pete for the British title and left no doubt as to his superiority over every other competitor.” Duncan and Mitchell, who plan an exhibition tour of the United States similar to one they made a year ago, expressed the opinion that golf was developing faster here than In any other country, and that it would soon rival base ball as a national sport. Mitchell emphasized especially the higher class of amateur talent in this country, as compared with Great Britain. The pros will play in the national open championship at Skokie next week, making their second bid for the title. Last vear, when Barnes won, Duncan finished ninth with a total of 305 strokes, while Mitchell quit after failing to gain his stride. Duncan won the Britisk open title in 1920. HAGEN AND KIRKWOOD BEAT AYTON AND HUTCH CHICAGO, July 5—Fresh from his capture of the British open golf | champlonship, Waiter Hagen of De- troit, paired with Joe Kirkwood, open champion of Australia, yesterday de- feated Jock Hutchison and Laurie Ayton, Chicago professionals, 8 and 7. in a best ball match, at the Idle- wild Country_ Club. - The play was preliminary to the national open championship, which JiIL be contested next week at Skokie ub. Kirkwood had the best round.of the day, scoring 68 In the morning. while Hagen had the second best card with a 70. Kirkwood also had low total score for the thirty-six holes, 142, while Hagen totaled 143 and Hutchison, who is recovering from an attack of ptomaine poisoning, experienced dur- ing his return trip from England, and Ayton had 148 each. % STAKE TO FIREBRAND. LATONIA, Ky. July 5.—Firebrand had the situation all his own way, winning the $15,000 Independence handicap easily. The distance was one and one-half miles, and the time was 2.30 3-5. Devastation finished second, and Minto II third. Other horses running were Exterminator, who did not show his usual dash; Pa- rader, Blarney Stone and Radio. BOAT RACES ATTRACT. PEORIA, IIl, July 5.—Eight thou- sand people packed the grandstand | yesterday to see the final heats of the |speed boats in the Mississippi valley |regatta. Miss Chicago, in a com- | petitive run against Oh, Min, Cleve- land, completely eclipsed her rival, again winning the Webb free-for-all trophy. ' The Quality Cigar Since 1896 Java Wrapper—The Best Reason for Smoking You'll experience real smoke refrésh- ment and complete contentment - onk when you've lita La Palina. : Its soothing smoothness and rare aroma will awaken you to smoke enthusiasm. Fine craftmanship, perfect, blending of Vuelta Abajo, Havana filler and the finest Java leaf the most found in La Palinas. The Java leaf brings out pleasures before lost in Havana tobacco. Get behind one oncé. Excellente = ! Senator - i Blunt (In glass jar) K‘ 3 e THE CAPITAL Clfl.ll 3 & TOBACCO CO. INC. 603 Pa. Ave. N. Washington, D. C. expensive wrapper, are 106 2 for 25¢ G Frank H. Ellis was the winner of | the 18-hole match play against par; event at Chevy Chase, scoring a fine | gross 76, which, with a_handicap of | 6, made him all even. Second place went to W. 8. Camp, 1 down to par, while A. Y. P Garnett and R. S.| Whaley tled for third. S. R. Speelman won all three events at the Washington Golf and Country Club, his flag in the tombstone tour- nament being planted on the second green. His gross card of 85 took the first gross place, while his net of 62 was better than that of any other player. Speelman, however, was given but onc prize. Heath Davidson was awarded the gross prize with a card of 86, while the net prize went to .Fred J. Marble, with a card of 98— 29—69. Mrs. A. D. V Burr won the tomb- stone tourney for women with a net 98. Low gross went 1o Mrs. W. E. Ballard, with a card of 128, while Mrs. C. H. Merrillat won the net prize with a card of 136—37—98. The driving conmtest at the Ban- nockburn Golf Club was won by R. Cliff McKimmle, the new champion of the club. his longest ball going 276 yards. E. W. Burton was second and C. E. Felton third. Felton won the approaching and putting contest, while McKimmie also annexed the match play against par event, being 2 down. . H. L. Binselle, president of the Kirk- side Golf Club, won the tombstone event at that club, carrying his flag to the nineteenth green. The match y against par event at Columbia was won by C. A. Slater, two down to par. Six players tied for second place in the match play against par contest at Columhia, all four down to par. They were AMbert R. MacKen- zle, E. C. Gott, jr.; A. M. Bunn, A. L. Christman, D. C. McCreedy and G. H. Chasmar. The woman's putting event at Co- lumbia_was won by Mrs. L. E. Sin- clair, Mrs. H. C. Sheridan being the runner-up. Mrs. J. C. McLa\lghlln' won the consolation. Line-up of the team which will rep- resent the Washington Golf and| Country Club in a team match against | the Chevy Chase Club on the latter's | course Friday has been announced as follows: W. R. McCallum and Charles Mack- all, 7. C. Davidson and J. H. Davidson, Harry W. Burr and J. Holt Wright, S. R. Speelman and R. E. Carlson, J. W. Turner and C. H. Doing, jr.; A. | W. Howard and G. T. Howard. The match will be the first of the serles for the Washington interclub champlonship. Fred McLeod of Columbla and Wil- fred Reid of Indian Spring, who will represent Washington clubs in the national open golf championship to start next week at the Skokle Club near Chicago, will leave within the next few days. Guy M. Standifer and Donald Woodward will also go to Chicago. ey BOSTON GIRL SURPRISES i = IN CLAY COURT TENNIS BUFFALO, N. Y., July 5.—Katherine Gardner of Boston, junior national ! champion, playing her first match in ithe woman's national clay court championship, startled the gallery by { defeating, in_convincing style, Brenda Hedstrom, Buffalo City champion, 6—4, 6—2. Other results: Miss _Bancroft, Brookline, defeated Mrs. Raise, Detroit, 6—2, 6—32. Mis: Woinmar, Buffalo, defeated Miss Wil- liamsom_Buffalo, default, Miss Hooker, Niagara Falls, defeated Miss Thatcher. Buffalo. default. Misy King, Cleveland, defeated Miss Clarke, Buffalo, 6—3, 6—3. Mrs. _Godfrey, Brookline, defeated Miss Yates, Buffalo, 6—0, 6—3. Miss Eossel, Buffalo, defeated Miss House, | Buffalo, 6—3,'3—8, 7. Mrs. ‘Bickle, Toronto, defeated Miss Reisel, Buffalo, 6—1,' 6—0. TG = STRAIGHT OFF THE TEE By W. R. McCallum- OLF events held at most of the clubs about Washington yesterday brought out good competition, notwithstanding the rain that {elli at intervals throughout the day. 3 ' | LITTLE: LESSONS RACKETERS TO RESUME WHEN WEATHER CLEARS Play in the annual Distriet fennis championships &t Dumbarton Club 'will be r A% soon as wenther permits. Singles and doubles nchedules for men and women originally prepared for yesterd: will be carried out. i singles onc semi-fual d_the' other Women lrt""md: for their = final. Considerable progress has been made in the doubles. FOR THE GOLFER ———— By George O’Neil Standing up to the ball and keep- ing the arms close to the body em- ables the player to accomplish a et~ ter follow-thréugh in his swing. The stroke must “flatten out” at the In- t of striking the ball, that is, on the down sweep the clubhead travels | on a straight line just before iti comes in contact with the ball, and it follows on this straight linc through the ball and for an instant afterward. v Chester Hortom, one of ding golf teachers, Hor- ne style. See how e: he holds himself at the top of awing. This is the form to strive for. TIP FOR FISHERMEN. | HARPERS FERRY, W. Va, July 6.! —The Potomac river was muddy here, ive, amazing at times. allery thrilled, All his speed, skill and tenacity com- bined could than three scattered endin T. Tilden, ' Shimidzu, Japan; Charles Garland, jr., Pittsburgh; Theodore R. Drews, St. Louis, and John Hennessey, | Bastian and Ralph Burdick, favorites, won senior national clay courts championship singles. ‘SUPER TENNIS SKILL SHOWN BY WILLIAMS NEW YORK, July 6.—So conserva- tive and capable a tennis critic as ‘Willlam A. Larned declared after see- ing R. Norris Williams, 2d, overwhelm Francis T. Hunter Country Club invitation final yester- day that the exhibition, without res- ervation, was the fastest the former national champion had flashed since his titleholding daya. in the Nassau agnificent tennis, superla- It had the it had Hunter dazed. not earn Hunter more games, the score f 6—1, & Willlams 'had ’everything—control, daring, whirlwind pace, tremendous, baffiing service, consummate skill and a world of confidence. Everything he tried went ractically every stroke was meant or a winning point, and the smooth- ness and precision. ness with which the strokes went across were remarkable. through with ™ success; and the decisive- len; He vgried th and speed, he shaved the side lines and worked the corners, he drove deep and then just dropped the ball Hunter was helple FAVORITES WIN MATCHES ver the net, and IN TITLE TENNIS EVENT INDIANAPOLIS, July 5.—William 2d, Philadelphla; Zenzo Fritz in the second round in the Other winners were Wray Brown, t. Louis; Walter Westbrook, Detroit, at Sir John's run and Washington former western conference collegiate Junction today. The Shenandoah also | champion was muddy. Arthur doue, Hubbell, Dallas. Chicago, News of Advantage to soom, tO ,v:"m, kindest regards, 1 s Sincerely yoUur% / W’— businéss. ‘This Mr. King C. Gillette, I Y 47 Wost First 0 . all times, Your will show you the New Improved Gillette. Compare it with the best old-type razor you know. At every point you will find it a 75% finer instrument for shaving. Some say even more. . Be sure to have your dealer Fulcrum Shoulder P e tennis | 'OU will live to see America pro- duce many a startling invention. None will mean more to you in your daily life as a man and a citizen than the New Improved Gillette, Look over the clean shaven young men of affairs. Typical of the kind of men the world is selecting to run its Gillette as the greatest shaving advance of “LAST HOPE” OF ENGLAND MEETS ANDERSON, ANZAC By the Associaed Press. WIMBLEDON, July 5.—In his match in the international tennis tourney against Cecil Campbell, Gerald Patterson was leading, 7—9, 63, 6—2, with the score one-all in games in the fourth set, when rain stopped playing. IMBLEDON, July 5—Chief interest in today’s program in the grass court tennis championships centered in the singles con- . test between Gerald Patterson, the whirlwind Australian, and Cecil Campbell'. the latter described as “England’s last hope.” The ex- perts generally looked for Campbell's defeat. Mrs. Molla Bjurstedt M:l’lary. American woman champion, defeated Mrs.h}idg:;gton l‘:'ld!h‘e wo‘r’na)n s singles this afternoon, 6—2, 6—4. rs. Peacock defeated Miss Dransfield, 6—2, 6—2, and Mrs. Beami defeated Mrs. Elliott, 8.6, 61 Lei SR In the mixed doubles Pat O'Hara Wood and Mile. Lenglen meet G. Sherwell and Miss D. Kemmis Betty. In the men's doubles the two Spaniards, Manuel and Jose Alonso, meet the Frenchmen, J. Brugnon and M. Dupont. Mrs. William Howlrd Taft was to be a spectator today. The authorities invited her to use the royal entrance to the amphitheater. Two Battles in Singles. Mlle. Lenglen gave another great display of her tennis ability yester- day In defeating Miss Ryan, 6—1, , and going, into the semi-finals. In the men's singles, Anderson de- taken by the brilliant placements of Mile Lenglen, who reached 4—3. rougl iss Ryan's great shots {—all was Feached. e At 5—all the excitement was fever heat. most brill ut foot faulted twice in the next game and Mlle. Lenglen led, 6—b. speed in the second set and went to 3—1. Then, she was gradually over- Miss Ryan took the next, and the French woman won the thirteenth by 2, love game off Miss Ryan's service. en ng magnificent drives, Mile. Lenglen won, §—%. s were given an ovation left the court. =8 e at Miss Ryan played the feated his teammate, Pat O'Hara ———————— Wood, in a long-drawn-out, hard w“hl S e mER ”Nsml-m These two cingle matches were the only ones that could be played, rain preventing the others. Except possibly for the singles, all hope has inow been given up of finishing the championship tournament by Satur- ay. The other women who still must play in the round before the semi- finals are Miss Dransfield, a York- shire county player; Mrs. Mallory, Mrs. Edginton, Mrs. Beamish, Mrs. Peacock, and Mrs. Elliott. Stage Stirring Match. Mile. Lenglen and Miss Ryan ha®a real battle. Although she only got one game in the first set, the Ameri- can girl showed far greater standard play than was seen in the Lenglen- McKane encounter. Mile. Lenglen, however, never made a mistake, and Ireached 'the net and scored off Miss Ryan's finest drop shots. Miss Ryan continually used her top stroke with great speed, but the French star's de- fense was impenetrable. The Californian even improved her FOR BRITISH REGATTE By the Associated Press. HENLEY-ON-THAMES, July 6.— Unsettled weather marked the opening today of the royal regatta, but these conditions failed to check the flow of enthusiasts eager to watch the first heats of the various events, the chlef of which is the grand chalienge cup race between the crews of the Leander Boat Club and Pembroke College. Cambridge. Three heats for the diamond sculls are also down for decision, but the American entry, William Hoover of the Duluth Boat Club, does not participate in this event until tomorrow. The re- maining heats today are for the Ladles plate, the Thames cup and Wyfold cup, these being rowed by crews from va- ous colleges and London clul anin Look for the YELLOW Diamond type of man hails the New Improved « dealer in the Yellow Diamond store " “show you the Micrometric Precision Automatic